diff --git a/.changeset/cuddly-humans-end.md b/.changeset/cuddly-humans-end.md
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..d02e08de7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.changeset/cuddly-humans-end.md
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+---
+'svelte': patch
+---
+
+fix: silence autofocus a11y warning inside `<dialog>`
diff --git a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y.js b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y.js
index e103e3eb80..152e679bf5 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y.js
+++ b/packages/svelte/src/compiler/phases/2-analyze/visitors/shared/a11y.js
@@ -877,7 +877,7 @@ export function check_element(node, context) {
 		}
 
 		// no-autofocus
-		if (name === 'autofocus') {
+		if (name === 'autofocus' && node.name !== 'dialog' && !is_parent(context.path, ['dialog'])) {
 			w.a11y_autofocus(attribute);
 		}
 
diff --git a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-no-autofocus/input.svelte b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-no-autofocus/input.svelte
index 769dbe8c5b..7b1dccd1e8 100644
--- a/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-no-autofocus/input.svelte
+++ b/packages/svelte/tests/validator/samples/a11y-no-autofocus/input.svelte
@@ -1 +1,6 @@
-<div autofocus></div>
\ No newline at end of file
+<div autofocus></div>
+<dialog autofocus>
+</dialog>
+<dialog>
+	<input autofocus>
+</dialog>